Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-26
POLITICAL polNGs.
The Democrats and Republicans Unite
la Business Mems Movement-Ihe
Temperance People in Session.

The Democrats and Republicans Unit
in a Business Mems Movement-Th
Temperance People in Session.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
An announced meeting of the demo
cratic city committee vas held this after
noon for the purpose of consultation re-
lative to a CITY ticket to be voted npor
at the April election. The republican
city committee waited upon the demo
cratic committee at this session and laiG
before that body a proposition to unite
upon a business mems ticket in which
politics shoala be ignored and join;
action taken to secure good representa-
tive men to conductive affairs of athe
clty during the ensuing year. The
proposition Of the republican commit.
tee in form was that q joint com
mittee be organized, to be composed
Of the members OF the two political com.
mittees-ive each-and SIX republicans
and six democrats outside the two COM
mittees, making a joint committee OF
twenty-five, OK which one-half would be
democrats and one.half republicans. The
business of this committee to be the
selection of a complete city and ward
ticket to be voted for at the coming CITY
election, To this proposition the dem
onratic committee acceded by unan-
imous vote and the two parties were
thus joined for the creation Of a city gov
eminent for the ensuing year.
The committee which is to nominate
the proposed business mems ticket is
composed Of
Republioans-Geolge r. Soougal (sub.
stitute for George 81. Hand who is alb
sent). D.. MoCulIy. M. A. Baker, w. b.
Valentine, d. N. Gross. the regular re-
publican city oommittee;J j. W. @. Morri-
son, G. ". Kingsbury, Jacob Max, VI.
a. McVay, N. Edmunds, J. Fl, Teller.
Democratic. I. Sargent, NJ. McLane,
Robert Cox, George B. Hoffman, e. Nj.
O'Brien, the regular democratic CITY
O. j. B. Harris, A. III. En-
gIish, J. r. Sanborn, Jamaa Grove, =. B.
@. FL. Bates.
The foregoing comprise the joint com.
mittee which is to form the ticket to
be submitted to the aufffages of the
voters of this city. The committee will
meet at three o'clock Thursday after
noon, at the court house TO make
the nominations.
by this process the usual conventions
will be omitted this spring and there
will be no politics in the contest. The
offices are to be divided equally between
the two parties.
THE TEMPERANCE pEoPLE.
AT last nights meeting of the commit
tee OF the temperance workers no CON
was reached relative to q city
ticket, the matter being postponed until
There was not a large attend
ance last evening, the furious wind
keeping many at home who wonld other.
wise been present and the fire alarms
interrupted the conference. To-day
members Of the committee called upon
various citizens whom they designed
placing upon @ ticket and at two O'Clock
this afternoon another meeting of the
vas held. At this meeting
those members Of the committee who
had canvassed the matter reported
that the gentlemen waited upon IS pros
pective candidates for city positions did
not generally agree to. accept nomin-
atoms. The meeting then spent an hour
or two in earnest discussion relative to
nominations and name of the ticket to
be put forth and finally adjourned to
meet at the Methodist church at 7:30
o'clock thle evening.
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